Hello everyone,
New owner from RI, I have had a Remington 870 Express pump .410 for almost 2 years, but just made the leap into handguns when my fiancee and myself got each other handguns for our 5th anniversary. She has a Ruger SR40C .40, I elected to get a .45 ACP Colt 1911 National Match on an Essex frame with an adjustable match grade trigger. I have done a bit of research, but I am always learning, and I want to eventually build a 1911 from the ground up(but where would I possibly find resources knowledgeable in colt 1911's? Those things are rare!
) but I am a long ways away from that. If this forum is as good as it appears on the surface, I will be going green shortly. Looking forward to siphon as much knowledge off you all as I can!
Credentials:
Active duty Army August 1999 - December 1999 OSUT @ Ft Sill. 13B10 Field Artillery
Active duty Army December 1999 - January 2002 Camp Casey, Tong Du Chong, South Korea. 13B10 Field Artillery; 6 months as unit armorer.
Active duty Army January 2002 - August 2002 Ft Bragg, NC. 13B10 Field Artillery
Army National Guard(RI) October 2004 - November 2004, 21E10 Heavy equipment operator
Active duty Army December 2004 - July 2005 Mississippi and Missouri, retrained to 21B10, Combat Engineer
Active duty Army July 2005 - June 2006 OIF 2 Ramadi, Iraq. Demolitions/ SAW gunner (where I earned the callsign "Scarecrow".)
Army National Guard(RI) June 2006 - Present 21N20, Heavy Construction Equipment Operator/Supervisor